Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 23, 1930 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1930 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
English ss 5 0 3 1
Heathcote rf 3 0 0 1
Hornsby 2b 5 1 3 0
Wilson cf 4 1 2 0
Cuyler lf 5 1 2 2
Grimm 1b 5 1 2 0
  Taylor pr 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 2 1 0 1
Hartnett c 4 1 1 0
Carlson p 1 0 0 0
  Bush p 1 0 1 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
  Blake p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 1
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Tolson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brickell lf 5 1 2 1
Grantham 2b 4 2 2 1
Waner rf 5 2 3 1
Comorosky cf 2 1 1 2
Suhr 1b 4 0 0 0
Traynor 3b 2 0 1 1
Bool c 4 0 1 1
Bartell ss 3 0 0 0
Meine p 2 1 0 0
  Spencer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7
Chicago 000 010 023–6141
Pittsburgh 211 000 12x–7100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Carlson  L(4-2) 3.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Bush   3.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Blake   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Nelson   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
7
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Meine  W(1-0) 8.0 14 6 6 5 1
  Spencer  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
5
3
  E–Hornsby (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Bartell-Suhr.  2B–Chicago Hornsby (4); Wilson 2 (9), Pittsburgh Grantham (8); P. Waner (3); Comorosky (14).  3B–Pittsburgh Brickell 2 (2).  SH–Wilson (5); Bell (4); Comorosky (6); Meine (1).  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  SB–Suhr (2).  U–Michael Donohue, Cy Rigler, Beans Reardon.
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